Dynamics of Hepatitis D (delta) virus genotype 3 in the Amazon region of South America

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1462-1468

  Alvarado Mora, Mónica Viviana ^a   Romano, Camila Malta ^a   Gomes Gouvêa, Michele Soares ^a   Gutierrez, Maria Fernanda ^b   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bayesian Inference; Dynamics; Genotype 3; Hepatitis Delta; South America

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBSTITUTION LINE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; COINFECTION; COLOMBIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 79960431267     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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